Upper pivot for ventilator panels



July 27, v1948.

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Patented July 27, 1948 UPPER PIVOT FDR VENTILATOR PANELS Guy M. Lane and Harol Mich., assignors to M tion,

d G. Thunder, Detroit, otor Products Corpora.- Detroit, Mich., a corporation of New York Application September 8, 1947, Serial No. 772,744

This invention relates to window assemblies of the type adapted for installation on vehicle bodies.

More particularly the invention concerns itself with vehicle body ventilator window assemblies of the type having a frame and having a ventilator supported in the frame flor swinging move ment about a generally vertical axis.

One `of the objects of this invention is to improve generally ventilator window assemblies of the above type by providing a pivotal mounting composed of a relatively few simple parts capable of being inexpensively manufactured and installed.

Another object of this invention is to Iprovide a pivotal connection which is neat in appearance and is of such a design as to enable readily installingthe ventilator in the window frame.

The foregoing as well as other objects will be made more apparent as this description proceeds, especially when considered in connection with the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary perspective view of a window assembly embodying the features of this invention;

Figure 2 is a seotionallview through the hinge provided between the top of the ventilator frame and the window frame;

Figure 3 is aperspective View of one of the hinge brackets;

Figure 4 is a fragmentary lperspective view of the ventilator frame showing the cooperating hinge bracket; and

Figure 5 is a, plan view, partly in section, of a part of the ventilator frame showing the manner in which the hinge bracket in Figure 4 is assembled.

Referring now more in detail to the drawing, it will be noted that the numeral II) designates a vehicle body window assembly comprising a window frame II, a garnish molding I2 surrounding the frame I I and a ventilator I3. The window frame I I is channel-shaped in cross section and a seal III is secured in the channel of the frame. The seal I4 is of the conventional type shaped to weather-seal the joint between the ventilator I3 and window frame II in the closed position of the former.

The ventilator embodies an inwardly opening channel-shaped frame I5 and a panel I6 having the marginal edges thereof secured in the channel of the frame I5 in accordance with conventional practice. The ventilator is supported in the window frame I I for swinging movement about an up and down axis indicated in Figure 1 of the drawing by the broken line I'I and located inter- 5 Claims. (Cl. 296-44) mediate the front and rear edges of the panel I6. The ventilator is held in any one of a number of angular positions of adjustment about the axis il by a friction pivot I8 connecting the bottom bar of the ventilator frame I5 to the adjacent b-ar of the windowframe II. The friction pivot I3 forms no part of the present invention, and accordingly, is not shown in detail herein. p

The tcp bar of the ventilator frame I5 is pivotally connected to the top bar of the window frame il by a hinge I9 comprising a pair of brackets 20 and 2 I. The bracket 2l) is of a design which enables the same to be readily formed from sheet metal, and is fashioned with a laterally extending attaching `flange 2l adapted to be secured to the base of the top bar of the window frame II by rivets 22. The body or depending portion of the bracket 2l! is fashioned to form a tubular pin or pintle 23 adapted to assume a position with its axis coincident with the :axis Il about which the ventilator panel IB swings. In thisconnection itA will be noted from Figure 3 of the drawings that the slots 24 in the attaching flange 2 l vof the bracket for receiving the rivets 22 are elongated to enable limited adjustment of the bracket 20 during assembly to insure positioning the pintle 23 in axial alignment with the axis I1.

The bracket 2I is also of a nature which enables the same to be readily formed from a sheet metal stamping. The bracket 2I comprises an attaching flange 26 anda body portion which is twisted at an angle to the attaching flange and is curled to form a sleeve 21 of sufficient internal diameter to freely receive the lower end of the pintle 23. The attaching flange 26 is adapted to be secured to the inner surface of the base of the channelshaped frame I5 by rivets 29 and the inner side flange of the frame I5 is 'formed with an elongated slo-t 30 for receiving the flange 26. In the preferred construction the slot 30 has a length somewhat less than the attaching flange 2B, and the latter is inserted through the slot at an angle in the manner indicated by the broken lines in Figure 5 of the drawing. This construction improves the appearance of the assembly since it renders the slot practically unnoticeable,

As indicated above, the bracket 2| is twisted intermediate the ends to locate the sleeve portion 2l with its axis aligned with the axis of the pintle 23. Thus during assembly the desired hinge connection is established by merely telescoping the sleere portion 21 over the lower end of the pintle 3.

said opening and having a part positioned to oneside of the frame member in concentric relation to the axis of swinging movement of the ventilator, means for securing the attaching flange to the base of the channel-shaped framey member, and means secured to the window frame and pivotally engageable with the part aforesaid oithef-` bracket. o

2. A window assembly comprising a window frame, a ventilator supported in the window frame for swinging movement about an'up and down axis, a frame for the ventilator having a channel-shaped frame member opening inwardly with respect to the window opening and having an opening in one side wall of the frame member, a bracket having an attaching flange extending into the channel of the frame member through said opening* and having a tubular portion positioned to one side of the frame member in concentric relation to the axis of swinging movement of the ventilator, means for securing the attaching flange to the base of the channel-shaped frame member, and a pintle engageable in the tubular portion and secured to the window frame.

3. A window assembly comprising a window frame, a ventilator panel supported in the window frame Vfor swinging movement about an up and down axis, a frame for the ventilator panel having a channel-shaped frame member opening inwardly with respect to the window opening for receiving the adjacent edge ofthe panel and having `an opening in one side wall oi"l the frame member,v a one-piecey bracket having an attaching portion.extendinglthrough said opening 4into the channel of the frame member and having a portion looped to provide a sleeve having its axis coincidentwith the axis of-swinging movement of the ventilator, means for securing the attaching portion of the bracket to the base of the channelshaped frame member, and a pintle having one end secured to the window frame and having the opposite end engageable in said sleeve.

4. A window assembly comprising a window frame, a ventilator panel supported in the window frame for swinging movementabout an up and down axis, a frame for the ventilator panel having a channel-shaped frame member opening inwardly with respect to the window opening for receiving the adjacentedge of the panel and having an opening 'in one side wall of the frame member, a one piece bracket having an attaching portion extending through said opening into the channel of the frame member and having a portion looped to provide a sleeve having its axis coincident with the axis of swinging movement ofthe` ventilator, means for securing the attaching portion of the bracket to the base of the channel shaped frame member, a second one-piece bracket having a portion secured to the windowframe and having a portion forming a pintle engageable in said sleeve.

5. A window assembly comprising a `window-` frame having a top frame bar, a ventilator panel supported in the window frame for swinging movement about an up and down axis, a-frame for the ventilator panel having a `channel-shaped frame member at the top opening inwardly with' respect to the window opening for receivingthe upper edge of the ventilator panel, a sheet metal i one-piece bracket having an attaching flange insertable into Vthe channell of the topventilator frame member through-a slot in one side wall'of the latter and having a tubularpart positioned f to one side of the frame member in concentric relation to the axis of swinging movement ofthe ventilator, means for'securing the attaching flange to the base of the channel-shaped member, and a secondbracket secured to the'top frame barbf the window frame and having "a pintle extending downwardly through the tubular f portion of the first bracket.

GUY M. LANE. HAROLD G. TI-IlZJNDlilR.4 

